Event Highlights

Seminar on “Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC): Advancing Regional Economic Integration amidst Growth Moderation”

 

The 2018 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) theme is “Harnessing Inclusive Opportunities, Embracing the Digital Future”. To explain the implications of this theme and summarise the key outcomes of the recently concluded APEC Trade Ministers’ meeting in Port Moresby, the Singapore APEC Study Centre at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute organised a seminar with key speakers Dr Denis Hew and Mr Emmanuel A. San Andres from the APEC Policy Support Unit, and Mr Benjamin Tan from Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry.

 

 

Seminar on “The Journalisms of Islam: Contending views in Muslim Southeast Asia”

 

Dr Janet Steele spoke at a Regional Social and Cultural Studies (RSCS) Programme seminar on Islamic journalism in Indonesia and Malaysia.

 

 

The 17th ASEAN Lecture on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) – Progress, Outstanding Issues and Outlook

 

The 17th ASEAN Lecture on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) – Progress, Outstanding Issues and Outlook was organized by the ASEAN Studies Centre at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute.

 

 

Seminar on “Toward a Bipolar Trading Order? China vs. the US”

 

Are China and the US now at loggerheads and are we on the verge of a trade war? Are there now two distinct competing visions of a new global economic order? To help answer these questions, the Singapore APEC Study Centre at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute invited Professor Vinod K Aggarwal (Professor of Political Science, Affiliated Professor in the Haas School of Business) who shared some riveting insights on the subject.

 

 

Seminar on “Myanmar’s Economy: Progress, Challenges, Prospects”

 

The Myanmar Studies Programme at ISEAS organised a public seminar that took a practical view of the reforms taking place in Myanmar’s economy.

 

 

Closed Door Discussion on “Enabling Policies and Regulations towards Inclusive E-Commerce in ASEAN”

 

The ASEAN Studies Centre (ASC) of ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute and the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) jointly organised a closed-door discussion titled ‘Enabling Policies and Regulations towards Inclusive E-Commerce in ASEAN’.

 

 

Conference on “Malaysia’s GE14: High Expectations, Heated Contests, Huge Stakes”

 

Malaysians go to the ballot box on 9 May 2018 for the country’s 14th General Elections (GE14). In order to better understand some of the political trends and electoral dynamics in the run-up to polling day throughout the country, the Malaysia Studies Programme of ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute organised a public conference on the subject.

 

 

Seminar on “The Strong Body Canon: The Art of the People’s Party after Thailand’s 1932 Revolution”

 

In this installment of the Politics of the Art in Southeast Asia seminar series, Dr Thanavi Chotpradit, from Silpakorn University, presented a paper titled “The Strong Body Canon: The Art of the People’s Party after Thailand’s 1932 Revolution”. More than twenty participants attended, including those from local universities and art institutions.

 

 

Lecture on “Demystifying Chinese Vegetarian Halls: The Esoteric Tradition of Sino-Southeast Asian Religion”

 

Dr Show Ying Ruo, Visiting Fellow at Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre, ISEAS, delivered her NSC Lecture on “Demystifying Chinese Vegetarian Halls: The Esoteric Tradition of Sino-Southeast Asian Religion”.

 

 

Conference on ASEAN-Japan Partnership

 

The Conference on ASEAN-Japan Partnership, ‘Celebrating 45 Years of Dialogue Relations’, was held on 23 March 2018 at the Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore.